Frequency / Call Sign / Name change

Ukraine

mw

1278 kHz renamed. On September 19, the Ukrainian Parliament renamed Kurisove to Pokrovske because it was named by Russian colonel Ivan Kuris (1764-1836).
https://itd.rada.gov.ua/billInfo/Bills/pubFile/2532672
The village has a long history of renamings
2024- Pokrovske
2016-2024 Kurisove
1937-2016 Petrivka/Petrovka
1921-1937 Petrovske/Petrovskoye
1793-1921 Kuriso-Pokrovskoye

Alexander Miatlikov to MWlist iog (2024-09-19)

Argentina

mw

Translated from Spanish with DeepL.com
Since last July 2024, the AM station operating on the 1480 KHz frequency, known as RADIO SINTONÍA, dedicated to Argentine folk music, simultaneously with its FM frequency on 95.3 MHz (Ex 97.7), has changed its name and format, identifying itself now as ‘RADIO ADONAI’, a religious radio station of evangelical character. The programming of RADIO ADONAI is in charge of the Church ‘Cristo es la Respuesta’, belonging to the MCyM (Christian and Missionary Movement) of the locality of Monte Grande, Esteban Echeverría, Province of Buenos Aires. It is run by pastors Emenegildo Alvarenga and Delia Pereyra Da Luz, and its church is located at 2322 Entre Ríos Street, in the city of El Jagüel, in the same district. Apparently, the radio station is still owned by Mrs. María Isabel Alegre, and maintains the address of its studios and broadcasting plant at 3150 Álvarez de Toledo Street in the town of Monte Grande (CG: 34°51’03.3 ‘S, 58°29’10.5 ’W), Telephone: (11) 4235-1096.

Argentina en AM y FM FB group (2024-09-17)

India

mw

The Government of India has renamed Port Blair, the capital  of Andaman & Nicobar Islands to Sri Vijaya Puram today !
The Akashvani station there now operates on MW 684 kHz  & FM.100.9 MHz.
Till a few years back they used to operate on SW with a10 kW transmitter which was widely heard by keen Dxers all over the world.
Just now also they are noted identifying as Akashvani Port Blair. Hope they will change their id announcement shortly.
Please see news items 
Centre renames Port Blair as Sri Vijaya Puram, announces Amit Shah

Jose Jacob, VU2JOS to dxindia iog (2024-09-13)

United States

mw

Extracted from ‘ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1483478352572312 ‘
From John H. Garabedian, owner of WJIB:

“.. we have recently received permission from the FCC to increase our power and hopefully by Thanksgiving our Signal should be eminently clearer with a 20 X power increase for WJIB-AM. At the same time we will be moving from 740 to 720 AM which is a much cleaner channel.
WJIB-FM 101.3 also has some major signal improvements to the signal coming, hopefully by Christmas.
Thanks to all of you loyal suburban WJIB followers for putting up with the static!”

The 590 WEZE facility in Medford, MA should be the eventual WJIB transmitter home, at least on the AM side, as the Cambridge site is expected to be sold and redeveloped (high rise condos / apartments / offices would not surprise me).
If new 720 WJIB with 5 kW from Medford equals the 2 mV/m of 590 WEZE here, probably not too much of a stretch, this will be a massive improvement from whatever 740 WJIB throws here now. V-Soft shows signals down to 0.32 mV/m and 740 WJIB doesn’t even show at that rather weak level that is insufficient for reception in built-up areas with overhead power lines. 
720 will also free the signal from the daytime interference by 740 WNYH Huntington, LI, NY. This is appreciable anywhere south of Route 6 through Barnstable, Yarmouth, Dennis, and Harwich.

Mark Connelly, WA1ION | South Yarmouth, MA, USA | FN41vq to irca iog (2024-09-03)

United States

mw

Per DX NEWS Volume 91, Issue 19, 880 WCBS New York will change call letters to WHSQ (for Hudson Square) and will change its’ format from All News to ESPN Sports effective August 26. WCBS has been All News since 1967. Thanks to member Scott Fybush for being the first to report this historic change.

Marc deLorenzo to MWDX – The National Radio Club FB group (2024-08-19)

United States

mw

880 WCBS has requested a callsign change to WHSQ effective from 26th August. This is the date when the LMA between the owners Audacy and Good Karma Bands that brings the format change is scheduled to begin.

FCC broadcasting history cards first list the station as WABC licensed on 20th September 1924, and WBOQ licensed on 26th March 1925, with these calls being combined on 11th November 1928. The two stations operated on various frequencies, but the combined station settled on 860kHz. Still on 860, the WBOQ call was dropped on 15th June 1940. It moved to 880 under the NARBA changes of 1941. The call changed to WCBS on 2nd November 1946 (according to a copy of an notice displayed on Wikipedia), though the date of this change is not recorded in the FCC records.

WCBS has broadcast using these same call letters on 880kHz since June 1946 and became an all-news station in 1967.

73 Andrew Brade to mwcircle iog (2024-08-15)